1968 Sankei Atoms Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-66
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Takehiko Bessho (64-66)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1968 Sankei Atoms Roster

The Sankei Atoms of the Japan Central League ended the 1968 season with a record of 64 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Atoms plated 497 runs and conceded 497 runs. Dave Roberts walloped 40 home runs for Sankei, while Lou Jackson swatted 15 or more, too. Dave Roberts drove in 94 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Shiroku Ishido led the squad with 20 wins, and Yasuhiko Kawamura earned a 2.41 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Lou Jackson and Dave Roberts both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takehiko Bessho served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Shiroku Ishido	20	14	.588	2.84	54	35	15	11	3		282.3	251	97	89	27	63	3	119	15	2	1135
Kozo Ishioka	10	10	.500	2.67	46	34	8	6	3		226.0	168	76	67	17	59	4	169	6	3	896
Yasuhiko Kawamura	9	7	.562	2.41	40	16	9	5	1		149.3	111	45	40	13	46	1	97	2	3	591
Genichi Murata	8	5	.615	3.10	36	6	20	1	0		95.7	97	36	33	11	22	3	63	3	0	399
Hajimu Tatsumi	5	7	.417	5.72	26	12	2	1	0		61.3	65	39	39	9	22	1	37	3	0	269
Keishi Asano	4	6	.400	4.29	36	7	14	0	0		79.7	76	49	38	10	24	4	49	3	6	332
Susumu Sato	3	5	.375	3.11	28	12	8	1	0		84.0	92	35	29	6	17	0	53	4	0	361
Seiji Shibutani	2	4	.333	3.31	26	7	4	3	1		54.3	45	20	20	5	17	2	32	2	1	223
Masao Sunouchi	1	0	1.000	3.00	6	1	2	0	0		15.0	13	7	5	1	7	0	5	0	1	61
Kiyotake Suzuki	1	3	.250	4.16	36	1	9	0	0		71.3	69	40	33	11	36	2	43	2	4	316
Masaru Ogata	1	4	.200	3.39	47	1	13	0	0		77.0	77	32	29	7	19	2	24	3	0	323
Kazushi Watanabe	0	0		3.55	22	1	1	0	0		12.7	21	5	5	2	5	0	9	0	1	63
Shigetoshi Tajiri	0	0		13.50	3	0	1	0	0		4.0	7	6	6	1	2	0	1	1	0	21
Satoshi Takai	0	0		108.00	1	0	0	0	0		0.3	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	5
Hiromu Matsuoka	0	1	.000	23.14	2	1	0	0	0		2.3	4	6	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	15
Totals	64	66	.492	3.28	409	134	106	28	8	0	1215.3	1100	497	443	121	342	22	701	45	22	5010

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Shiro Takegami	125	535	480	55	136	22	1	4	30	7	7	34	68	.283	.331	.358	.690	172	7	1	19	1	2
Dave Roberts	128	537	456	82	135	12	2	40	94	4	2	68	77	.296	.385	.594	.979	271	11	2	4	7	14
Kunio Fukutomi	125	450	408	50	119	22	6	10	41	10	9	34	75	.292	.346	.449	.795	183	2	1	5	2	0
Kanji Maruyama	123	463	406	51	101	16	3	6	30	10	5	38	61	.249	.325	.347	.672	141	7	8	10	1	1
Norifumi Kido	128	406	377	43	97	19	5	6	41	9	1	22	65	.257	.298	.382	.680	144	13	0	7	0	4
Lou Jackson	115	450	416	44	91	14	0	20	59	8	8	27	97	.219	.269	.397	.666	165	4	3	0	4	1
Tadakatsu Takayama	105	287	272	29	64	6	4	14	38	2	2	11	50	.235	.272	.441	.713	120	3	3	0	1	0
Toshio Kato	121	337	293	31	60	10	0	11	30	4	4	29	79	.205	.291	.352	.642	103	4	7	7	1	0
Yoshio Wakebe	79	180	156	14	35	3	0	4	13	0	0	21	34	.224	.322	.321	.643	50	6	2	0	1	2
Taisuke Kobuchi	91	174	152	16	33	4	2	3	18	2	2	18	34	.217	.304	.329	.633	50	3	1	3	0	0
Toru Otsuka	58	123	111	10	30	3	1	1	9	2	2	7	20	.270	.314	.342	.656	38	2	1	2	2	0
Sachio Okugaki	66	139	127	10	26	3	0	1	5	1	2	7	28	.205	.252	.252	.504	32	1	1	4	0	0
Kiyoji Akai	75	125	115	11	24	3	0	1	8	0	2	9	18	.209	.266	.261	.527	30	2	0	1	0	0
Yasumitsu Toyoda	40	94	83	11	20	2	0	5	19	0	2	10	20	.241	.319	.446	.765	37	0	0	0	1	1
Shiro Muto	66	71	58	0	12	4	0	0	7	0	0	9	10	.207	.314	.276	.590	16	0	1	1	2	1
Isamu Shinoda	80	81	74	6	12	1	0	1	2	0	2	3	14	.162	.215	.216	.431	16	3	2	2	0	0
Takayuki Nakano	61	93	82	9	12	2	0	1	6	1	2	7	20	.146	.228	.207	.436	17	1	2	1	1	0
Kesanori Kurashima	38	46	42	2	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	13	.262	.326	.286	.612	12	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawamura	40	46	43	2	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	4	.233	.250	.256	.506	11	2	0	2	0	0
Genichi Murata	36	31	27	1	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	.296	.296	.333	.630	9	0	0	4	0	0
Fumihiro Tojo	64	52	44	11	7	1	0	0	5	7	3	7	10	.159	.275	.182	.456	8	0	0	1	0	0
Shiroku Ishido	54	96	76	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	26	.079	.176	.092	.269	7	0	0	11	0	0
Yoshiaki Kushiro	26	28	27	1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	8	.185	.179	.296	.475	8	0	0	0	1	0
Kozo Ishioka	46	74	65	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	.062	.076	.062	.137	4	1	0	8	0	0
Susumu Sato	29	27	23	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	.130	.167	.261	.428	6	1	0	3	0	0
Kiyotake Suzuki	36	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
Keishi Asano	36	16	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.154	.312	.154	.466	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Sunouchi	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Taneo Okumiya	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hajimu Tatsumi	26	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	3	0	0
Seiji Shibutani	26	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masaru Ogata	47	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazushi Watanabe	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2127	5017	4479	497	1069	153	24	130	477	67	55	380	890	.239	.302	.371	.672	1660	73	35	98	25	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dave Roberts	1B	70					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	1B	49					.000
Sachio Okugaki	1B	48					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	1B	23					.000
Kesanori Kurashima	1B	2					.000
Shigetoshi Tajiri	1B	1					.000
Shiro Takegami	2B	125					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	2B	11					.000
Takayuki Nakano	2B	10					.000
Isamu Shinoda	2B	4					.000
Shiro Muto	2B	4					.000
Kanji Maruyama	3B	118					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	53					.000
Toshio Kato	C	119					.000
Yoshio Wakebe	C	69					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	8					.000
Kesanori Kurashima	C	6					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	120					.000
Lou Jackson	OF	114					.000
Tadakatsu Takayama	OF	89					.000
Dave Roberts	OF	74					.000
Kiyoji Akai	OF	52					.000
Toru Otsuka	OF	39					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	OF	18					.000
Kanji Maruyama	OF	7					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	OF	5					.000
Kazushi Watanabe	OF	1					.000
Shigetoshi Tajiri	OF	1					.000
Shiro Muto	OF	1					.000
Kesanori Kurashima	OF	1					.000
Shiroku Ishido	P	54					.000
Masaru Ogata	P	47					.000
Kozo Ishioka	P	46					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	40					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	P	36					.000
Genichi Murata	P	36					.000
Keishi Asano	P	36					.000
Susumu Sato	P	28					.000
Hajimu Tatsumi	P	26					.000
Seiji Shibutani	P	26					.000
Kazushi Watanabe	P	22					.000
Masao Sunouchi	P	6					.000
Shigetoshi Tajiri	P	3					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	2					.000
Satoshi Takai	P	1					.000
Norifumi Kido	SS	96					.000
Isamu Shinoda	SS	75					.000
Takayuki Nakano	SS	48					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	7					.000
Totals		1877	0	0	0	0	.000

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